The tombs, located on the west bank of the river Nile in a cemetery for noblemen and top officials, are the latest discovery in the city famed for its temples and tombs spanning different dynasties of ancient Egyptian history.

A recent diplomatic spat between Turkey and the US has resulted in both countries suspending the issuance of visas for travelers to their respective countries. The tit-for-tat actions have been going on for months and have recently escalated when an employee of the American consulate in Istanbul, who is a Turkish citizen, was arrested. That caused the US missions in Turkey to announce they would be scaling back visa services to Turkish citizens due to security concerns. This was followed by ...

The Trump administration’s travel warning for Cuba has left many people with questions about traveling to the island nation. Travel to Cuba is still allowed, and no travelers have suffered what has happened to several American diplomats in Havana. The attacks, causing hearing loss, vertigo, nausea, and other symptoms, seem to have been targeted only at American and a few Canadian diplomats. They do not appear to be random, nor have they affected anyone else. If you have plans to ...

Emirates customers traveling to the US via Dubai will be able to utilize their laptops and tablet devices on the first part of their journeys, and also during transit in Dubai. They must then declare and hand over their laptops, tablets, and other banned electronic devices to security staff at the gate just before boarding their US-bound flight. The devices will be carefully packed into boxes, loaded into the aircraft hold, and returned to the customer at their Emirates US ...

One of the least appealing parts of travel is the line at Customs and Immigration on your return. Well here is something that should make that process a lot easier and go faster – much faster: Mobile Passport Control (MPC), the first authorized app to expedite a traveler’s entry process into the United States.

Below is a recent article about travel insurance in the New York Times. To read the entire article, please click on the image. One of the best takeaways from the article is to read the fine print of any insurance policy carefully. Many things that you might think would be eligible for a claim are very narrowly defined. Also, calling and speaking to a person about making a claim is really helpful, too, and it’s possible that on occasion ...

Alaska Airlines recently posted they have been tentatively approved for flights from Los Angeles to Havana that could start this fall.

“Our daily nonstop service will originate in Seattle, with same-plane service to Los Angeles and Havana on our Boeing 737-900ER aircraft.“

Although you can book your airline tickets and fly directly from the US to Cuba, there are still restrictions on US citizens traveling to Cuba. You have to be on an approved “people to people educational/cultural exchange tour in order ...

Next time, tell the amateur experts to call a real expert. Despite “vast technological leaps and the convenience of online search and booking, planning a vacation is still a time-consuming proposition,” according to a survey of over 1,200 baffled consumers who subscribe to website Expert Flyer, which helps wannabes track fare class ...

Our office gets calls regularly about the safety of traveling to the regions that we service. This is not something new to Caravan-Serai staff. I would say that probably every week someone in this office gets an email or a phone call asking whether it’s safe to go to Jordan, Iran, Turkey, Egypt etc. Most of the people calling and asking these questions are people that have never been to the region or their families are scaring them from going ...